Digital Frontier hires Epstein as future of business editor
Digital Frontier, a new tech-focused publication launching later this month, has hired Sophia Epstein as its future of business editor. Before joining Digital Frontier, Epstein was a freelance journalist for four years. She also worked at Contagious as a staff writer. Epstein was also an intern at Wired’s UK operation. She holds a bachelor’s and […]
Reuters subsidiary launches cyber risk publication
The Insurer announced Friday the launch of Cyber Risk Insurer, a new publication for the cyber risk community. Cyber Risk Insurer will provide coverage of the growing cyber (re)insurance market. Coverage will span risk management, retail and wholesale distribution, cyber insurtech managing general agents, major incumbent carriers, reinsurance and capital markets, breach coaches and incident […]
Ackman hires law firm to battle Business Insider
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman escalated his offensive against Business Insider in relation to stories alleging his wife committed plagiarism, deploying a law firm to increase pressure on the news outlet to correct or retract them, reports Bob Van Voris and Amanda Gordon of Bloomberg News. Van Voris and Gordon report, “‘We are providing you this demand to explain why […]
Hofman named new editor of Inc. magazine
Stephanie Mehta, the CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures, the parent of Inc. and Fast Company, sent out the following on Friday: I’m delighted to announce that Mike Hofman is the new Editor in Chief of Inc. This is something of a homecoming for Mike, who started his journalism career at Inc. in 1996, rising to […]
Why Matthew Belloni’s entertainment industry newsletter thrives
Nicholas Quah of Vulture profiles Matthew Belloni, who writes an entertainment industry newsletter for Puck. Quah writes, “The newsletter in question, Puck’s What I’m Hearing, with 15,000 paid subscribers (and 35,000 more unpaid ones who can only read snippets), has steadily become the go-to chronicle of Hollywood, a must-read among the entertainment power elite, those who aspire […]
Bercovici hired as SF Standard managing editor
Jeff Bercovici, the Los Angeles Times business editor laid off last month, has been hired by the San Francisco Standard as its managing editor. He will start in March. Bercovici previously was the deputy business editor before becoming business editor in September 2022. In addition to his editing, Bercovici has written a number of memorable features, Column […]
Business Insider CEO wants readers coming to site twice a week
Business Insider CEO Barbara Peng sent out the following to the staff on Thursday: Team, During our last all hands call, we unveiled our new “North Star” metric — 2+ Days on Site per week. Historically, our guiding metric has been “visits.” We used this metric to tell us what our audience loves and wants more […]
SF Standard seeks a business reporter
The San Francisco Standard is seeking an experienced business journalist to cover the companies, entrepreneurs and business trends shaping San Francisco’s neighborhoods and the transformation of its Downtown. This reporter will produce daily stories and in-depth features on small businesses, retail, restaurants, real estate, and more. This is an exciting opportunity for an enterprising reporter […]
FT seeks a US deals and activism correspondent
The US Deals and Activism correspondent at the Financial Times is a member of the New York-based corporate finance team responsible for breaking news on big deals involving US businesses. This is a news-driven beat, and success will largely be measured by generating scoops on important mergers and acquisitions and activist investors buying stakes in […]
Engadget EIC Wollman says goodbye
Tech news site Engadget editor in chief Dana Wollman sent out the following to her colleagues on Thursday: Hi everyone, As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, tomorrow is my last day, and also the last day for a good few of our Engadget teammates. More than anything, I’m sad. This scrappy, hard-working team has become […]
